Curlew Multimedia Converter for Linux | Ubuntu installation using PPA

Curlew is a simple Audio/Video converter for Linux distributions. Check the recent changes and installations for the latest release Curlew 0.2.4 down below.

Curlew is built using GTK3 and Python and it depends on FFmpeg – avconv. The graphical user interface is simple to use helps manage multiple multimedia files to convert at the same time. You can add multiple files or select an entire folder. It supports converting many Audio and Video formats.

It supports merging subtitle with video files with a specific portion to convert, in case you don’t want to convert the entire video. Simply select the subtitle file and start the converting process, make sure you got the subtitle timing is synced correctly with the video.

Shutdown or suspend the system after finishing the converting process. This feature is useful especially if you are working on huge or multiple files. It can be activated from options –> Config tab.

Curlew 0.2.4 changelog

Excluded non-media files to be loaded in the list.

Removed ‘Players Dialog’ and let Curlew choose the player.

Enhanced Favorite.

Added a welcome page.

Show Files information inside the main window.

Added an option to show/hide status bar, and make it invisible by default.